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Ashoke Kumar Gayen v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

Calcutta HC21 Jul 2025WPA/7630/2025

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What is this about?

Certified copy of registered deed; Deed No. 396 of 1937; Additional District Sub-Registrar Ghateswara South 24 Parganas; District Registrar South 24 Parganas; access to registration records; writ petition disposed with six-week deadline; representation dated 6 February 2025; grievance redressal before appropriate forum if document unavailable.

What did the court decide?

Direction to the District Registrar, South 24 Parganas (respondent no. 5) to consider and dispose of the petitioner's prayer for certified copy of Deed No. 396 of 1937 and provide the required documents within six weeks from communication of the order; petitioner to be informed if the document is unavailable so he may seek redressal before the appropriate forum. ¶15

Ashoke Kumar Gayen Vs State of West Bengal and Ors. — Calcutta HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the District Registrar, South 24 Parganas (respondent no. 5) should consider and dispose of the petitioner's pending prayer for a certified copy of Deed No. 396 of 1937 and provide the required documents.

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Court's answer

The writ petition is disposed of by directing the District Registrar, South 24 Parganas (respondent no. 5) to consider and dispose of the petitioner's prayer and provide the required documents positively within six weeks from the date of communication of the order.

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Ratio / Principle

The petitioner's learned advocate is to forward the representation dated 6th February, 2025 together with all supporting documents to respondent no. 5 at the time of communicating the Court's order.

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Key takeaways

If the requested document is unavailable, that fact shall be made known to the petitioner so that he can take necessary steps to redress his grievance before the appropriate forum.ratio¶14

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Constitutional writ jurisdiction, High Court at Calcutta (WPA 7630 of 2025, decided 21.07.2025 by Amrita Sinha, J.): The petitioner's prayer for a certified copy of Deed No. 396 of 1937 (Volume No. 6, Book No. 1, Pages No. 109 to 110), registered in the office of the Additional District Sub-Registrar, Ghateswara, South 24 Parganas, was pending before the respondent authority. The writ petition was disposed of by directing the District Registrar, South 24 Parganas (respondent no. 5) to consider and dispose of the prayer and provide the required documents positively within six weeks from communication of the order. The petitioner's advocate was directed to forward the representation dated 6th February, 2025 with supporting documents when communicating the order. If the document is unavailable, the petitioner is to be informed so that he may take steps to redress his grievance before the appropriate forum.

Ashoke Kumar Gayen v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

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